On September 26, 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected the 35th President of the United States after winning Richard M. Nixon, and became the second youngest and first Catholic American President to be elected to the office. Kennedy’s mandate as the President of the United States was marked by a turbulent foreign policy to which he dedicated most part of his time/governance. He succeeded the previous president government policy and kept fighting the cold war and the post-war situation of Berlin, dealing with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and confronted Fidel Castro, a Soviet ally in Cuba. He also played an important role in the Vietnam War when he decided to intensify the support given to South Vietnam to fight against North Vietnam in order to stop communist expansion to other parts of the world. Additionally, despite caring most with the foreign conflicts, Kennedy also wanted to stimulate the economy of the country which had been suffering with recessions and unemployment, and wanted to reform some civil rights. Moreover, as he wished a complete change in the country he put young people as him in chief positions of the government. Kennedy’s assassination shortly before his third year as President shocked the country, and he is still considered one of the most popular Presidents that the United States had in the last-half century.
Life Prior Politics
John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1927, and was named after his grandfather John Francis Fitzgerald who was a Mayor in Boston - he was called Jack by those with more intimacy. His family and especially his antecessors had politically succeeded in life and could afford everything that he and his three brothers and five sisters needed at that time. Despite the health problems he faced during the early years of his life, Kennedy was able to overcome his illnesses and enjoy a normal life following the path of his older brother Joe who after high school had directly enrolled at Harvard to...